Stu Pidaso
join:2006-10-12
West Islip, NY | [XP Pro] Remote desktop connection (software) has expired.
Tried to open my remote desktop connection today and go the following...
WTF???
Windows update shows nothing. |
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Oregonian
Premium
join:2000-12-21
West Linn, OR | Haven't seen that on either of my two XP Pro machines.
Maybe an update/reinstall will help?
»support.microsoft.com/KB/925876 |
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Stu Pidaso
join:2006-10-12
West Islip, NY | 
Now what??? LOL |
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Oregonian
Premium
join:2000-12-21
West Linn, OR | Are you running the as-yet-unreleased SP3 update to XP? |
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Stu Pidaso
join:2006-10-12
West Islip, NY | Crap, I am. But remote desktop was working up until today.
Crap, crap crap. I bet that is it and I am probably hosed until the final release, huh? |
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Oregonian
Premium
join:2000-12-21
West Linn, OR | Well, my guess is that since you're running SP3 you won't be able to reinstall it so your only chance is to repair it.
Is it too late to try a System Restore back to when it was working? |
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Stu Pidaso
join:2006-10-12
West Islip, NY | System restore fixed nothing. 
Guess I have to wait until the actual release to see if that fixes it. |
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Oregonian
Premium
join:2000-12-21
West Linn, OR | Guess so, unless someone comes along with some more ideas.
Sorry I wasn't more help. |
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Killler Maxxx
@rr.com | reply to Stu Pidaso
Why not try to re-install the client ?
»www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/down···tdl.mspx |
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Oregonian
Premium
join:2000-12-21
West Linn, OR
 ·Comcast
| I believe that the OP tried that already but, since he is running SP3, it wouldn't install. |
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Killler Maxxx
@rr.com
| said by Oregonian  :I believe that the OP tried that already but, since he is running SP3, it wouldn't install. Yes, I missed that part, but in retrospect, I believe these are two different updates. The one I linked to is a stand alone package that will run on various non-SP2 platforms, and may not tangle itself with the logistics of which SP it finds in the host OS. Might still be worth a try. |
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Stu Pidaso
join:2006-10-12
West Islip, NY
| Thanks BigEd for pointing me in the right direction. I uninstalled SP3 RC2 and it worked right away. I have automatic updates turned on and it told me it wanted to install SP3 RC2. A little further researched revealed that MS has recently released SP3 RC2 "refresh". Since it was coming up a security update I went ahead and installed it and am happy to say that remote desktop connection is still working. If worse came to worse I was going to reimage my HD being I am also running WHS here at home and do daily backups.
Thanks again BigEd. |
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blind boy
@net.uk
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Hrm I can't even uninstall SP3rc2, "it may have already been uninstalled". what a crock. So now I'm totally unable to access remote desktops.
I can't reinstall the rdp client from the previous link either, as it's for the wrong service pack version.
This is really hurting me. Look like no work today! |
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TJK
@wiztech.ie | reply to Stu Pidaso
Happened to me too, had to use a vista box to get the job done, argh, still looking for a sp3 version of the client to install. |
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korkmazali
@com.tr | reply to Stu Pidaso
how can I fix this problem? |
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ms308680
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I have sp3 on my computer and under add remover programs sp3 is listed to be removed. so try removing it, this is the only thread I have come across saying anything about this problem as of yet. It is quite a bother to have to kick someone off their computer to do work on the server just because of this BS.
Well I am about to try this so good luck to you as well. |
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ms308680
| reply to Stu Pidaso
Just tried this, so and RDC is working now. I am led to believe that they have bundeled a Pre-Release (hince the Pre-Release in the dilogue) and removing the un-official SP3 removed the Pre-Release version of the RDC.
I kind of liked the features in that one, oh well.
hope this puts this to rest. |
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apexDan
@verizon.net | Big scare when I tried to remote into a system at work today.
I resolved the problem by copying mstsc.exe and mstscax.dll in "c:\windows\system32" over from an XP SP2 Machine. Works great and I get to keep SP3 |
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apexDan
@verizon.net |
Revision: Only works when run from another location, still errors when run from "windows\system32" |
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apexDan
@verizon.net |  jk - no more posts for me. |
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